Machine for applying reinforcing rings to clothespins



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MACHINE FOR APPLYING REINFORCING RINGS TO GLOTHESPINS Filed Feb. 8, 1940 7 Sheets-Sheet 7 INVENTOR 'zymunaBower BY 0 ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 19, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MACHINE FonAPPLYING REINFORCING RINGS 'ro CLOTHESPINS Sigmund Bower, Brooklyn, N. Y. Application February 8, 1940, Serial No. 317,886

20 Claims.

This invention relates to machines for applying metal, preferably wire, reinforcing bands or rings to clothes-pins, adjacent the crotch thereof to prevent an outward force exerted on the legs of the pin as it is applied to a line from splitting the pin. While the machine is adapted for use in applying reinforcing bands or rings to clothes-pins havinga body or shank of different cross sectional form, it is particularly adapted for applying reinforcing bands or rings to clothes-pins having a body or shank of rectangularform in cross section with recesses extending parallelly transversely of the opposite sides of the body or shank of the pin from which the legs extend and adjacent the crotch for the engagement of an intermediate portion and opposite end portions of the reinforcing band or ring to prevent displacement 'thereoflongitudi nally of the pin, and the body or shank of the pin being also provided with recesses extending parallelly of and in predetermined spaced relation longitudinally of the pin to said first recesses adapted to constitute finger engaging portions to facilitate applying and removing the pin from a line, and also adapted for engagement of meansto support the pin with the recesses adjacent the crotch in predetermined position relative to means touapply the reinforcing band or ringto the pin.

It is the object of the present invention to provide an improved machine for applying reinforcing bands or rings in quick succession to clothes-pins, and comprising a supporting frame including a table or plate having an opening therein with means to successively feed and engage clothes-pins in said opening with the body or shank of the pin projecting above the table with the upper recesses in the body or shank in position to be releasably engaged by a member reciprocatory transversely of the opening in the table and support the pin with the recesses adjacent the notch in predetermined position relative to the top of the table, and the provision of means mounted on the table and disposed at the side of a pin having recesses therein engaged in the table opening and operative topreform a length of wire to open or partial ring form, position said ring with the intermediate portion engaging a recess adjacent the crotch in the pin, bend the open ring member to ring form encompassing or encircling the body or shank of the pin with the opposite ends of the ring engaging in the opposite recess adjacent the crotch in clamping relation to the pin, and release the pin support from the pin. and eject the pin with the reinforcing ring applied thereto from the of a machine illustrating an embodiment of the invention. 1

Figure 2 is an end elevation looking at the left of Figure liwith a supporting standard for the table upon which the operative mechanism is mounted and a portion of the drive shaft carrying a hand wheel broken away;

Figure 3 is a sectional View taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1. i

Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a plan view of the means to preform a length of wire to open ring form and showing the successive steps of forming and positioning the ring relative to a pin preparatoryto bending it to final ring form encompassing the pin.

Figure 6 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 6-6 of Figure .1. p

Figure '1 is a view taken ,on the line 'l--'l of Figure 6. i v 4 Figure 8 is a plan view of wire feeding means showing the same in operative feeding position.

Figure 9 is a sectional view taken on the line 9-9 of Figure 8. Figure 10 is a fragmentary detail plan view of the wire feeding means showing the same in inoperative position.

Figure 11 is a perspective view of cams carried on the driving shaft for actuating the different mechanisms.

Figure 12 is a sectional view taken on the line 12-42 of Figure 1.

Figure 13 is a sectional view taken on the line l3-l3 of Figure 1.. y p Figure 14 is a sectional viewtaken on the line I l-l4 of Figure 1. i v

Figure 15 is a view taken on the line I5-l5 of Figure 13.

Figure 16 is a sectional view taken on the line lB-lG-of Figure 13.' i V Figure 1'7 is a fragmentaryview in perspective of means for-severing a predetermined length from a strand of wire associated with the means to preform a length of wire to open ring form.

Figure 18 is a View similar to Figure 17 but showing the preforming means as actuated and bending the ends of the wire at a right angle to the body thereof. V

v Figure 19 is a fragmentary detail view in perspective showing the means for forming the wire with the bent ends to partial ring form.

Figure 20 is a view similar to Figure 18 showing the wire with the bent ends supported relative to means to shape it to open ring f orm,

Figure 21 is a view similar to Figure 20 but showing the wire preformed to open ring form.

Figure 22 is a perspective view of parts of the means to preform the wire to open ring form and actuated to position the preformed ring relative to a clothes-pin preparatory to bending it to final ring form encompassing the clothespm.

Figure 23 is a detail view in perspective of means to releasably support the pin in predetermined position relative to the ring forming means.

Figure 24 is a perspective view of a pin with a preformed open ring positioned relative thereto and showing the means for bending the wire to final ring form encompassing the pin.

Figure 25 is a detail view in perspective of the means for ejecting a pin with the applied reinforcing ring; and

Figure 26 is a view showing in a diagrammatic manner the operation of the cams to effect actuation of the different mechanisms of the machine.

The machine is particularly adapted to be used in applying reinforcing rings or bands to clothespins having a body or shank of rectangular form in cross section, as shown at P in Figures 22 to 25, inclusive, although it is also adapted to apply reinforcing rings or bands to clothes-pins having a body or shank of different cross sectional shape, as of circular form. To facilitate applying clothes-pins to and removing the pins from a line the shank is provided with a reduced finger engaging portion, and when the shank is of rec tangular form consisting of parallel recesses or grooves 27 extending parallelly of opposite side portions of the shank from which the legs of the pin extend. The pin is also provided with recesses or grooves 28 extending parallelly of and spaced a predetermined distance longitudinally of the pin from the recesses 21 and located adjacent the crotch of the pin and preferably extends in the plane of the crotch of the pin, as shown. The reinforcing rings or bands are formed of a predetermined length of a suitable metal strip or strand, preferably wire, preformed to open or partial ring form and shaped to final ring form encompassing or encircling the pin and clamped thereto with an intermediate portion of the ring engaging one of said recesses 28 and the ends engaging the recess 28 opposite the recess engaged by the intermediate portion, as shown in Figure 25.

In the machine illustrated the mechanisms for carrying out the invention are mounted upon a table or plate T of a frame having a downwardly extending flange 29 disposed about the marginal portion thereof and supported upon standards S. The different mechanisms are actuated in proper timed sequence by cams on a cam or drive shaft 38 journaled in bosses 29' extending laterally from the portions of the table flange 29 at the op posite ends of the table. A hand wheel 30 is fixed on one end of said shaft to manually rotate the shaft, and pulleys 3|, 3] are mounted on the opposite end of the shaft for engaging of a belt to rotate the shaft from a suitable source of power, the pulley 3| being fixed on the shaft on the other pulley 3| loose thereon.

The table T is provided with an opening 32 for the engagement of a clothes-pin with the body or shank extending above the table. To engage clothes-pins successively in said opening a member 33 having a slideway 33 opening through a side thereof is mounted with one end engaging in the opening 32 and extending downwardly from the table. The member 33 is supported at the lower end by a bracket mounted on a pair of rods 34, 34 mounted at the ends in and extending between the standards S supporting the rear portion of the table T by a bracket 35 secured upon said rods by a clamping member 35' secured to the bracket by bolts 36, as shown in Figures 2 and 3. The member 33 is disposed relative to the side of the laterally extending portion of the bracket 35 and secured thereto by screws ex tended through openings in a plate 33* and rails 38 juxtaposed to the member 33 and constituting extensions of the side walls of the slideway in said member, and may constitute continuations of said walls of the slideway.

A slide 3'! has a part slidable in an elongated opening 33* in the member 33 to have reciprocatory movement toward and away from the table, the slide having an elongated portion of reduced width 31 extended laterally therefrom into the slideway 33' and adapted to engage between the legs and with the crotch of a clothes-pin P engaged laterally thereon in the slideway. To mount the slide in the slideway of the mem-- ber 33 to have reciprocatory movement a yoke member 38 having flanges extending laterally from the opposite sides thereof is secured to the side of the member 33 opposite the side from which the clothes-pin engaging portion 31' of the slide extends by machine screws engaging openings in said flanges and threaded into openings in the member 33, said yoke member in conjunction with the member 33 forming a runway for rollers 39 rotatably carried between pairs of ears 39 extended upwardly and downwardly from opposite sides of a portion extending laterally of the side of the slideway opposite the pin engaging portion 37., as shown in Figures 13, 15 and 16, the

rollers reducing frictional resistance to the movement of the slide and preventing canting of the slide and a consequent binding of the slide in the slideway. The slide 3'! is reciprocated by a cam A on the shaft 30 through an arm 40 fixed on a rock shaft 4! journaled in a bracket 4| fixed to and extending downwardly from the bottom of the table T, the arm being operatively connected to the slide 31 by a bifurcation 40 at the end thereof engaging a roller 42 rotatably mounted on a headed stud 32' screw threaded into an opening in a part of the slide extended through a slot 38 in the yoke member 38, as shown in Figure 13. The shaft 4| is rocked from the cam A by a roller 43 following said cam rotatably carried by an arm 43' fixed on said rock shaft 4|.

To feed clothes-pins to be successively engaged upon the pin support 31' of the slide there is provided a rail adapted to be straddled by the clothes-pins, said rail having a horizontal portion 44 extending in parallel predetermined spaced relation to the bottom of the table T with the end terminating adjacent the pin engaging member 31 of the slide 31 and merges with a portion having an upper declining edge 44' extending upwardly through an opening 45 in the table upon which the clothes-pins are engaged manually or by suitable mechanical means, not shown. to straddle the rail. To prevent lateral tilting of the clothes pins on the rail there is provided a groove or recess 43 in the bottom of the table T extending parallelly of the horizon tal portion 44 of the rail and adapted to be engaged by the heads of pins on the rail. The length of the horizontal portion of the rail is less than the portion with the declining upper edge whereby the weight of pins engaged on said declining edge portion will cause the pins to' move along the rail and the leading pin of the row of pins on the rail to engage a side of a pin on the pin supporting member 31" of the slide and onto said pin supporting member when a pin is removed therefrom.

As stated, the recesses 21 in the clothes-pins are spaced a predetermined distance from the recesses 28 and means are provided to engage the body of the pin in the opening 32 in the table and support said pin in predetermined position with the pin recesses 28 disposed substantially in the plane of the top of the table. As shown in Figures 13; I4 and 23, this pin supporting means comprises a yoke member 41 slidably carried by a bracket 48 fixed on the table at the rear of the opening 32 therein with a part of the bracket extending forwardly over said portion of the table with the opening and having an opening 48' therein in line with the opening 32 and into which opening the shank of a pin is adapted to extend, the legs of the yoke member being slidably engaged in recesses 41' in a part extended laterally from the bracket48, to the rightas viewed in Figures 1 and 13, to have reciprocatory movement in a horizontal plane transversely of the bracket opening 48' andengage the recesses 21 in the shank of a clothes-p-inengaged in said opening. The recesses 41 are disposed below and open to the laterally extending portions of a slideway of T form in cross section. in said bracket in which a correspondingly formed slide 49 is sl-idable to which the yoke member 41 is connected to participate in the movement thereof by screws, as shown at 49 in Figure 14. The slide 49 is reciprocatedin timed sequence with the operation of the slide 31 to releasably engage the legs of the yoke member in the recesses 21 in the shank of the clothes-pin engaged in the bracket openin 48' by the slide 31 and to move the legs of the yoke member out of engagement with said recesses to release the pin. To effect thismoveme-nt of the yoke member 41 a plate 50 is slidably mountedin a slideway in the bracket 48 above the slide 49 to have movement transversely thereof and retained in the slideway by a second plate mounted on the bracket 48 above said plate 50. The slide 49 is connected to the plate 50 to transmit the reciprocatory movement-s thereof to the slide 49 by a headed stud 52 having two diameters extended through and with thehead thereof slidably" engaging in an elongated slot 5| extending transversely of the plate 5|, the portion of larger diameter of said stud engaging a bushing 53 (Figures 3 and 14) in a cam slot 50' in theplate 50, said cam slot having opposite end portions extending longitudinally of and adjacent the opposite sides of the plate and an intermediate connecting portion extending diagonally of the plate, as clearly shown in Figure 1, and the portion of reduced diameter of said stud having screw threaded connection with the slide 49. Asthe plate so is reciprocated the cam slot 50 is moved transversely of the stud .52 and imparting longitudinal movement to the slide 49 and-yoke member 41 in one direction transversely of the plate 50 as said plate is moved in one direction, and by the movement of the plate 5|] in the opposite direction the slide 49 with the yoke member 41 is moved in the opposite direction. To reciprocate the plate 50= a link 53 is connected at one end, as shown at 53", to: the slide 50 and pivotally connected attire opposite end to one arm 54 or a. bell lever mounted on the shait 4|, the otherarm 54" of said lever carrying a roller 55 following a cam B mounted on the hubofthe cam Av (Figure 2) and participating with said cam in the rotation of the shaft 30.

To shape a length of wire to open or partial ring form and position the same with the intermediate portion engaging in a recess 28 of. a clothes pi-nsupported by the yoke member 41 .in the opening 32 in the table, die mechanism is provided including a fixed die member and a-di'e member reciprocatory relative to said fixed die member toward and away from a side portion of the clothes-pin supported in the table opening 32 by the yoke member 41 at a right angle to the reciprocatory movement of said yoke member. As shown in Figures 6', 12, 20, 21 and 22-, the fixed die comprises a block 56 substan.- tially of rectangular shape in cross section mounted in the lower part of an opening 48 in the bracket 40- (Figure 6) spaced from the top of the table with the end of the die mechanism projecting-slightly therefrom and also" spaced from the table. The end of said die member is provided with two form-ingdie faces 56, 56",

the face 56" being arranged in a lower plane than the die face 56. The forming die faces are formed on the end of the member 56 by cutting a transverse recessin a corner at the end and the front side of said member, as shown at 56 in Figure 6, the vertical face of which recess constitutes the front wall or the die faces and adapted for engagement of an intermediate portion of a predetermined length of wire W as it is shaped. The remaining portion of the die face 56' conforms to the cross sectional shape of the body of the die member 56. The die face 56" is of less width than the die: face 56' and the end walls arranged toextend at an obtuse angle to the front wall- 56 as shown at 55 effected by undercutting the endof the die member 55.

The reciprocatory die is in the form of a slide or plate 51 mounted on the table to have longitudinal sliding movement in the plane of the fixed die member by gibs 58 secured on the table by screws and engaging over undercut portions extending longitudinally of the opposite sides of the slide. The slide or plate is arranged within the forward end thereof with superposed bending and shaping diefaces 51, '51" complemental to and" arranged in the plane of the forming die faces 56, 5B" and the portion of the plate forwardly of said diefaces being of a thickness slightly less than the space between the end of the die member 56 and top of the table. To reciprocate the slide or plate 5! toward and away from the shank of the clothes-pin projecting above the table relative to the fixed die member a lever 60 (Figures 1, 2, 4, 6 and 11) is pivo tally supported at one end, as at 60' on a laterally projecting portion of a bracket 61 mounted on a pair of rods 62 62' by a clamping plate 5|" secured to the bracket by bolts, as shown in Figure 2. The lever 60 extends upwardly at the rear of the drive shaft 30 at the side of a cam C shown as constructed integral with the ciprocatory die member or slide reciprocatory die member 51, as shown at B3. The lever 60 is oscillated to transmit reciprocatory movement to the die plate 51 by a roller 60" rotatably mounted on a stud fixed in and extending from the lever intermediate the ends thereof engaging cam groove D in the side of the cam 0.

Means are provided to feed a predetermined length of wire, as from a reel (not shown) transversely of the end of the die face 57" of the reciprocatory die member 57, and as shown comprises a slide 64 (Figures 1, 4, 8, 9 and 10) mounted on the table to have sliding movement toward and away from the reciprocatory die member at a right angle thereto. A pair of levers .66 pivotally mounted on the slide 6% are arranged with jaws 66 at one end disposed in opposed relation to each other and between which jaws the wire is engaged. The faces of the jaws are arranged eccentric to the pivotal support of the 1 levers and are adapted to have movement toward and away from each other into and out of wire gripping positions by the oscillation of the levers 66. To transmit reciprocatory movement to the jaw carrying slide with the jaws and actuate the jaws the slide is connected to a headti by links 68 pivotally connected at one end to the end of the jaw levers 61 opposite the jaws and at the opposite ends to said head. The head 67 is carried by a stud pivotally mounted, as shown at 61 in Figure 9, on one end of one arm of a lever 69 extending transversely of the table and pivotally supported intermediate the ends on the table, as at 69. The lever is oscillated and thereby the head and jaw carrying slide reciprocated by a roller rotatably carried at the end of the opposite arm of the lever engaging a cam groove E in the periphery of a drum l0 fixed on the drive shaft 30. The wire is guided to the lever jaws by engaging in the peripheral grooves of and passing between two rows of rollers H, one row of rollers being rotatable on alined vertical axes to engage at one side of the wire, and the other row of rollers rotating on alined vertical axes spaced laterally of the first rollers and engaging the opposite side of the wire, as shown in Figures 1, 8 and 9. The rollers ll also function to straighten the wire as it is drawn between said rollers. The wire fed by the lever jaws is guided to the reciprocatory die member in a groove in a block I2 fixed on the table. The feeding of the wire is limited by the end engaging the gibs plate 58 for slidably mounting the reciprocatory die member at the left side, as viewed in Figure l, on the table, as shown in Figure 17, and to cut a predetermined length from the wire substantially equal to the space between the reciprocatory die mounting gibs 58 the outer edge at the end of the die face 51" and the one wall of therecess in the block 12, as shown at 12 in Figure 17, are adapted to co-operate in the movements of the reciprocatory die member to serve as cutters and sever the wire. The die faces 57, 57", as stated, are arranged in superposed planes and are in the form of recesses in the face of an end portion of the re- The end surfaces of the die face 57!" extend longitudinally of the slide at right angles to an intermediate face extending transversely of the slide, and the side faces of the die face 5? diverge outwardly at the same angle as the end walls 56 of the die face 56" of the fixed die member from an intermediate portion of said die face 51 extending in the plane of the transverse face of the die face 51".

The 'wire W is fed to position extending transversely of the reciprocatory die member between the gibs 58 in the plane and in front of the die face 51", as shown in Figure 1'7. As the reciprocatory die member is moved toward the fixed die member 56 and shank of the clothes-pin P projecting above the table the reduced end portion and die face 51' will move below said portion of the wire and the die face 51 is first brought into engagement with the wire, the corner at the front and side at the right of said die face cooperating with the corner at the end of a side wall of the recess in the block 12, as at 12 in Figure 17, to sever the wire, said severed length of wire engaging upon the die face 5'! forward of the die face 5?. By the continued movement of the reciprocatory die 57 the severed length of wire is engaged by the die face 51 with the wall 56 of the die face 56 and the opposite ends of the wire bent about the ends of said die face 56' to extend at a right angle to the body of the wire, as shown in Figures 19 and 20. During the return movement-of the die 51 the wire with the ends bent at right angles is supported at said ends relative to the die face 56 upon studs 13 (Figures 12, 20 and 21) fixed in and extending upwardly from the table at opposite sides of the fixed die member. The studs 13 during the reciprocatory movement of the die 5'! engage recesses 51 extended into the end of said die member. The partially formed wire is ejected from the die face 56 onto the supporting studs 73. For this purpose a yoke shaped ejector M is provided (Figure 12), said ejector having a reduced portion M slidably engaging in a reduced portion of the opening in the bracket 48 in which the fixed die member 56 is mounted. The legs of the yoke member slidably engage at the opposite end of the die face 58 and the ejector is normally urged to position with the ends of said legs disposed within the die face 56' by a spring seated at one end in a socket in the stem M of the ejector and the other end abutting the fixed die member. The ejector is actuated against the action of the spring 15 to eject the partially formed wire from the die onto the supporting studs 73 in timed sequence with the actuation of the reciprocatory die member 51 by the cam C. To actuate the ejector M by said cam an arm 16 fixed on one end of a shaft 16 jcurnaled in brackets i6 fixed on the table engages a roller carried within a bifurcation at the end of the ejector stem M, as shown at 14" in Figure 6. An arm 1619 on the opposite end of said shaft 16' is pivotally connected to one end of a link 11 extended downwardly through an opening in the table, the opposite end of the link being connected to an arm 18 fixed on a shaft 18' jcurnaled in brackets 18 fixed to the under side of the table. An arm 18" fixed on said shaft is urged, as by a spring, to cause a roller 18 carried by said arm to engage and follow the cam C.

Upon the successive movement of the reciprocatory die member 5! toward the fixed die member a successive length of wire is severed from the strand and shaped by the die face 5'!" to conform to the die face 56. Simultaneously with said movement of the reciprocatory die the die face 5'! thereof operates to shape the wire the ends of which were bent in the previous movement of the reciprocatory die member to conform to the die face 56 to open or partially formed ring shape with the end portions of the wire extending at obtuse angles relative to the intermediate portion thereof and conforming to the opposite end walls of the die face 56" and the bent ends converging inwardly, as shown in Figures l9fand 21. During the interim of the successive return movement and the successive forward movement of the reciprocatory die member 51 the ejector is actuated causing portions M projecting from the face of the ejector intermediate the legs and slidably engaging in openings in the fixed die member at the opposite-sides of the die face 56 to eject the formed wire from the die face 56" onto the table relative to a gauge member 19 projecting upwardly through an opening in the table and simultaneously eject the wire the ends of which have been shaped to right angle form from the die face 56' onto the supporting studs 13. Upon the successive move ment of the reciprocatory die toward the fixed die a successive length of wire is severed from the strand and the ends bent at right angles about the forming die face 56' by the shaping die 51" and the wire supported upon thestuds 13 is shaped by the die face 51' about the forming die face 56" to open or partial ring form and 1 the open or'partially formed ring positioned upon in the side of the clothes-pin opposed to the fixed die member, as shown in Figures 21 and 22. The gauge member 19 is arranged at the end of a stem 19' and slidably engaged in an opening or openings in the table, the stem being slidably mounted in a tubular portion of a bracket 88 fixed to the underside of the table with the tubular portion in register with a circular recess in the underside of the table, and the movement of said gauge to position above the table limited by an annular flange 19 on the stem engaging the bottom of the recess, asshown inFigure 6. The stem 19' is urged upwardly to position with the gauge extending above the table by a spring 8i coiled about the stem with one end abutting the flange 19 of the stem and the opposite end abutting a shoulder formed by an enlargement of the bore in the tubular portion of the bracket 88 in :51:

which the stem slidably engages. The gauge extends into the pathof movement of the reciprocatory die member and means are provided to actuate the gauge to position below the top of the table away from the partially formed ring on i the table and out of the path of movement of the reciprocatory die member. As shown, this means comprises a lever 82 pivotally supported intermediate the ends bylugs extended downwardly from the bracket 80, as at 80, one arm of the f,

lever having apin and slot connection 82 with the gauge stem 19 and'the opposite end having a cam edge 82 engaging a roller 83 above the axis of rotation thereof rotatably carried by ears extended downwardly from a bracket 84 fixed to the underside of the reciprocatory die member the end of its return movement the roller 83 is moved relative to the cam edge 82' of the lever and the lever is actuated by the spring 8! to position with the gauge extending above the table. It will be obvious that upon .each successive movement of the .reciprocatory die member toward the shank of .the clothes-pin projecting above the table that a successive length of :Wire is severed from the strand and the ends thereof shaped to right angle form about the die face 58', that a length ofiwire the ends of which have been bent to right angle form by the previous movement of the reciprocatory .die member and supported upon the studs 73 is shaped by the die face 5.l'xto conform to the dieface 56" to open ring form, and that an open or partially formed ring positioned on the table relative to the gauge 19 is moved to position with the intermediate portion engaging a recess or groove 28 in a side of the clothes-pin adjacent the crotch thereof engaged in the opening 3.2 in the table and the obtuse anglerportio'nszof the ring disposed relative to side portions of theclothes-pin disposed at right angles to the recess engaged by the. intermediate .portionof the ring.

During the returnrimovement of the reciprocatory die member il means are actuated to bend the partially formed ring to final ring form encompassing orencircling the clothes-pin with the side portions of the ring engaging opposite portions Of'the clothes-pin and the bent ends of the ring engaging the recess in .the piniopposite to the recess engaged by the intermediate portion of thering and the ring clamped to the clothespin. As shown, this means comprises slides or the table; as at 81-.

connected to a slide by a roller 88 carried on the head of a stud 8.8 fixed ineach-slide engaging plungers 85 slidably mounted on the table-bygibs 85' engaging over portions of reduced thickness at the opposite .sides of, the plungers disposed at opposite side portions of thecclothes-pin engaging in the opening 32 in the table at a right angle to the reciprocatory die member. The bent extremities of the partially formed ring as it is shaped to final ring form encompassing the clothes-pins are guidedlto position to engage the recess 28 in the clothes-pin opposite the recess the table and whichalso serves to space the end of the bracket carrying the fixed-die member above the table. The slides or plun'gers 85 are reciprocated toward and away from the clothespin engaging opening 32 in the table by levers 81 pivotally supported intermediate the endsupon One arm of each lever is anropening in; the levers,rsaid openings in the tudinally of the levers. The opposite .arm of each lever 81 rotatably carries a roller, as at 81%, en-

gaging cam grooves F in the periphery of drums 88 fixed on the drive shaft 38.

After the bending slides 85 have beenactuated to shape the partially formed ring to final ring form encompassing the clothes-pin, the pin support 4'! is actuated to pin releasing position and an ejector is actuated toejectthe clothes-pin from the opening 32 in the table. The ejector, as shown, in Figures 2and 3, comprises a slide 88 slidably mounted in the slideway between the rails 36" constituting continuations of the side walls of the slideway 3 3 in the member 33 for the pin support 31 of the slide 31 for feeding and engaging clothes-pins in the'table opening 32. 1 The ejector slide 89-has a'bifurcation at the upper end adapted to be disposed below and at the ends of the legs of the clothes-pin in the slideway of the member 33 and normally assumes its lowermost position by gravity. The ejector slide 89. is actuated by a cam G on the drive shaft 30 operatively connected to the ejector slide by a roller rotatably carried on a stud fixed in and extending laterally from the ejector slide through a slot 33 in the plate 33' engaging a bifurcation, as at 90, at one end of a lever 90 pivotally supported on a stud shaft 9! mounted in the lateral extension of the bracket 6|, the other arm of the lever rotatably carrying a roller 93 normally urged into engagement with the cam G to follow the same by the weight of the ejector slide.

In Figure 26 there is shown in a diagrammatic manner the movement of the cams in one cycle of operations of the different mechanisms during one revolution of the drive or cam shaft 36. The drive shaft and cams rotate in counterclockwise direction as indicated by the arrow. The concentric circles are representative of and have been given the reference characters indicating the cams A to G, inclusive, for actuating in timed sequence the slide 3! to feed and engage clothes-pins successively in the opening 32 in the table, actuating the pin supporting yoke 4'! into and out of pin supporting position, actuating the ejector 14 for ejecting a partially formed ring from the die face 56 relative to the die face 56 and from the latter onto the table relative to a gauge 19, actuate the reciprocatory die member 51 relative to the fixed die member 56, actuate the cams 64, 66 to feed a strand of wire relative to the reciprocatory die member 51, actuate the slides for bending a partially formed ring to final ring form in encircling relation to a clothes-pin, and actuate the ejector 89 to eject a clothes-pin with a reinforcing ring applied thereto from the table 32.

During the initial rotation of the cam shaft through an arc of substantially 25 degrees from a point of commencement indicated by the line 0, and as indicated at a, the cam A actuates the clothes-pin feeding slide 31 to engage a clothespin in the opening 32 in the table T. During the rotation of the cam A through a successive arc of approximately 2'70 degrees, as indicated at a, said cam functions to retain the clothespin feeding slide 31 in position to support the clothes-pin in the table opening 32, and said cam in the further rotation thereof through a successive arc of approximately 25 degrees, indicated at 2 actuates said pin feeding slide downward to position to receive a pin thereon from the rail 44, and remains in said position for the remaining 40 degrees of revolution of the cam, as indicated at a During the rotation of the cam B for actuating the pin supporting yoke 41 through an initial arc of approximately 25 degrees, as indicated at b, the mechanism actuated by said cam remains idle. Upon the termination of the rotation of the cam through said are of 25 degrees said cam actuates the pin supporting yoke 41 to and retains it in pin supporting position during the rotation thereof through a successive arc of substantially 280 degrees, as indicated at b, when the cam actuates said mechanism to move the yoke member out of clothes-pin supporting position and retains the yoke member in said position for the remaining 55 degrees of revolution of the cam through one revolution thereof, as

indicated at b and for approximately 25 de grees of the successive revolution of the cam.

The cam E for actuating the wire feeding means has an initial idle rotation through an arc of approximately 30 degrees, as indicated at e, the wire feeding means remaining in normal inoperative position as the pin feeding movement is imparted to the feeding slide by the cam A. During the rotation of said cam through a successive arc of approximately 60 degrees, as indicated at e, the cam actuates said Wire feeding means to feed the Wire transversely of the reciprocatory die member 51 relative to the die 51", the feeding of the wire being simultaneous with the actuation of the pin support 4'! to pin supporting position by the cam B. The cam E retains the wire feeding means in said position as it moves through a successive arc of approximately 35 degrees, as indicated at 6 when the cam imparts return movement to and retains the wire feeding mechanism in normal position during the successive rotation of the cam through the remaining are of approximately 235 degrees of said revolution of the cam, as indicated at 6 and approximately through an arc of substantially 30 degrees of the successive revolution of the cam.

The cam D for actuating the reciprocatory die member 51 has an initial idle rotation through an arc of approximately 60 degrees, as indicated at d, during which time the cam A actuates the pin feeding slide 31 to engage a pin in the table opening 32, the cam B has actuated the pin support 4'! to pin supporting position and the cam E has actuated the wire feeding means to feed the wire relative to the reciprocatory die member 51. During the rotation of the cam D through a successive arc of approximately 65 degrees, as indicated at d, the cam actuates the reciprocatory die operating means to move the reciprocatory die relative to the fixed die member 56 and the shank of the clothes-pin projecting above the table, said die member 51 during said movement first severing a predetermined length from the wire and in successive sequence moving the severed wire relative to the die face 56 of the fixed die 56 shaping the ends of the wire to right angle form and shaping a length of wire with the bent ends relative to the die face 56" to open or partial ring form and position a length of wire previously formed to open ring form with the intermediate portion engaging the side of the clothes-pin engaged in the opening 32, and the die is retained in said position during the rotation thereof through a successive arc of approximately 35 degrees, as indicated at 11 when the cam during the rotation thereof through a successive arc of approximately 25 degrees, as indicated at d actuates the reciprocatory die operating means to impart return movement to the reciprocatory die and retains said die in said position during the rotation of said cam through the successive remaining are of said revolution of the cam of approximately degrees, as in.. dicated at (1 and for rotation of the cam through an arc of approximately 60 degrees of the successive revolution of the cam.

The cam C for actuating the ejector 14 for ejecting a partially formed ring from the die face 56' onto the supports 73 relative to the die face 56 and from the latter onto the table relative to the gauge if) has an idle rotation through an arc of approximately 315 degrees, as indicated at c, or during the period of actuation of the pin feeding means by the cam A to engage a pin in the gasses table opening 32, the actuation of the pin support 41 to pin supporting positionby the cam E and the actuation of the die member 51 relative to the fixed die member 56 by the cam D. During the rotation of said cam C through a successive arc of 30 degrees, as indicated at c, said cam actuates the ejector '14 to eject the partially formed rings from the die faces 56, 56" and imparts return movement thereto, and the cam has an idle rotation through the remaining successive arc of degrees, as at 0 and the rotation thereof through an arc of substantially 315 degrees of the successive revolution of the cam.

The cams F for actuating theslides 85 for bending to final ring form a partially formed ring positioned by the reciprocatory die 51 relative to the shank of the clothes-pin projecting from the table opening 32 has an initial idle rotation, as indicated at J, through an arc of approximately 125 degrees and during the engaging of a pin in the table opening 38, the actuation of the pin support 41 to pin supporting position, the actuation of the wire feeding means and actuationof the reciprocatory die relative to the fixed die 56 when the cams F during the successive rotation thereof through an arc of approximately 35 degrees, as indicated at f, actuates the slide operating levers 81 to impartbending and return movements to said slides 85, and has an idle movement during the successive rotation of said cam through the remaining are of approximately 200 degrees of said revolution of the cam, as indicated at F, and for the rotation thereof through 125 degrees of the successive revolution of the cam.

The cam G for actuating the ejector 89 for ejecting a clothes-pin with a reinforcing ring applied thereto from the opening 32 in the table has an initial idle movement through an arc of approximately 305 degrees, as indicated at-g, when saidcam during the rotation thereof through the remaining are of 55 degrees of said revolution of the cam,'as indicated at g", actuates the lever 9|] to impart clothes-pin ejecting movement to the ejector and to permit the ejector to return to normal position. g

It will "be obvious that various modifications may be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the scope of the invention. 7 Having described my invention, I claim:

1. Ina machine-for applying reinforcing bands to clothes-pins, a support having an opening therein, means to support a clothes-pin in the opening insaid support with the body of the pin projecting to predetermined position from said opening, means to feed a metallic strand to extendtransverselyof a side portion of the pin adjacent thecrotch, die mechanism operative in successive sequence to sever a predetermined length from said metallic strand, shape said severed portion to open ring form partially conforming to the cross sectional shape of the pin and position the same with the portion midway the ends engaging the side of the pin and the end portions extending partly about the pin, and means operative to apply pressure toand bend the end portions to final ring form encompassing the pin. '2. In a machine for applying reinforcing rings to clothes-pins, a table having an opening therein, a member arranged with a slideway in the side and extending longitudinally thereof extended downwardly from, the table with the slideway in alinement with the opening therein and adapted for the engagement of a clothes-pin sidew'ise therein, a slide 'reciprocatory in the slideway in said member adapted to receive thereon a pin engaged in the slideway, means to actuate said slide to project a clothes-pin thereon through the table opening to position with the crotch of the pin disposed substantially in the plane of the table, and means mounted on the table at the side of and movable toward and away from the table opening operative in successive sequence to shape a metallic strip to open ring form, position the same in engagement with and to partially encompass the body of the pin adjacent the crotch, and bend the ends toward each other about the body of the pin.

3. In a machine for applying reinforcing rings to clothes-pins, a. table having an opening therein, supported below the table to have reciprocatory movement in the plane of the table opening adapted to receive a clothes-pin thereon and project the body of the pin through said opening to extend above the table, means reciprocatory toward and away from the table opening adapted to engage the projecting body of the pin and support the pin with the crotch thereof in prede termined position relative to the top of the table, die mechanism mounted on the table at the side of the body of the pin including a member movable toward and away from the table and another member reciprocatory toward and away from the table opening relative to and arranged to cooperate with the first die member to shape a metallic strand to partial ring form and position the same with the portion midway the ends engaging the body of the pin adjacent the crotch and the end portions partly disposed about the body of the pin, and means mounted on the table tohave movement toward and away from the table opening in a plane at a right angle to the movement of the reciprocatory die member operative to apply pressure to and bend the end of the partially formed ring to ring form around the body of the pin adjacent the crotch.

' 4. In a machine for applying reinforcing rings to clothes-pins having a body of rectangular form in cross section arranged with recesses spaced longitudinally of and extending transversely of opposite sides of the body of the pin and the lower recesses disposed adjacent the crotch of the pin, a table having an opening therein, means to engage a clothes-pin in said opening with the body projecting above the table, means reciprocatory transversely of opposite sides of the projecting body of the pin adapted to engage the upper recesses therein and support the pin with the lower recesses disposed substantially in the plane of the table, die mechanism including a member reciprocatory toward and away from the body projecting above the table operative to shape a metallic strand to open ring form and position the same with the intermediate portion engaging a lower recess in the body of the pin and the opposite ends disposed at opposite side portions of the body of the pin, and means reciprocatory in a plane at a right angle to the movement of said reciprocatory member of the die mechanism operative to bend said end portions to final ring form around the body of the pin.

5. In a machine for applying reinforcing rings to clothes-pins, a table having an opening therein, means to engage and support a clothes-pin in said opening with the body of the pin projecting above the table, a forming die supported in superposed relation to the table at the side of the pin, a bendingdie complemental to the forming die reciprocatory toward and away from the projecting body of the pin relative to the form- 'ing die, means for positioning a length of wire transversely of said bending die, and said bending die adapted to co-operate with the forming die to shape said wire to open ring form and position the same with the intermediate portion engaging the side of the body of the pin adjacent the crotch and the end portions disposed at opposite side portions of the pin, and means mounted on the table to have movement toward and away from the projecting body of the pin operative to bend said end portions of the ring around the pin.

6. In a machine for applying reinforcing rings to wooden clothes-pins having recesses predeterminedly spaced from each other longitudinally of and extending transversely of opposite sides of the body of the pin and the lower recesses disposed adjacent the crotch of the pin, a table having an opening therein, a slide below and reciprocatory toward and away from the table adapted to engage a pin in said opening with the body of the pin projecting above the table, a support mounted on the table and reciprocatory transversely of opposite sides of the body of the pin adapted in one position thereof to engage the upper recesses in and support the pin in position with the lower recesses in predetermined relation to the top of the table, die mechanism at a side of the pin with the recesses including a fixed die member and a die member reciprocatory toward and away from and co-operating with the fixed die to bend a length of wire to partial ring form and position the intermediate portion thereof in engagement with a pin recess adjacent the crotch and the end portions disposed at opposite side portions of the pin, and members reciprocatory toward and away from opposite side portions of the pin at a right angle to the reciprocatory die member operative to bend the end portions of the partially formed ring to encompass the pin with the ends engaging in the recess adjacent the crotch opposite the recess engaged by the intermediate portion of the ring, and means operative to eject said pin with the reinforcing ring applied thereto from the opening in the table.

'7. In a machine for applying reinforcing rings to wooden clothes pins, a table having an opening therein, means to engage and support a pin in said opening with the body projecting above and the crotch of the pin disposed in predetermined position relative to the top of the table, die mechanism including a fixed member spaced above the table at the side of the projecting body of the pin arranged at the end with forming dies extending in different planes parallel of the table, and a member reciprocatory below said fixed die member toward and away from the projecting end of the pin arranged with bending dies complemental to and disposed in the planes of the forming dies of said fixed member, means to position a length of wire transversely of the dies of said reciprocatory member adapted by the successive movements of the reciprocatory member relative to the fixed die member to cooperate with the forming dies to first bend the opposite end portions of the wire at right angles to the body of the wire, then bend the wire to open ring form with the portions within said right angle end portions extending at obtuse angles to the intermediate portion thereof, and then position the ring with the portion intermediate the obtuse angle portions engaging the side of the pin and said angle portions disposed relative to opposite side portions of the pin, and means movable toward and away from opposite side portions of the pin at right angles to the reciprocatory member operative to bend the obtuse angle portions to final ring form encompassing the body of the pin adjacent the crotch and clamp the ring to the pin.

8. In means for applying reinforcing rings to clothes-pins as claimed in claim 7, lugs extended upwardly from the table at opposite sides of the fixed die member adapted to engage slots in the reciprocatory die member in the reciprocatory movements thereof, means operative to eject the wire with the bent ends from the one forming face of the fixed die member onto said lugs and supported thereby in the plane of the other forming and bending die faces of the fixed and reciprocatory die members, and said means operative to eject the partially formed ring from said latter forming face of the fixed die member onto the table in the path of movement of and adapted to be moved by the reciprocatory die member to position with the intermediate portion engaging the side of the pin.

9. A machine for applying reinforcing rings to clothes-pins as claimed in claim 7, wherein the means to bend the obtuse angle portions of the partially formed ring to final ring form encompassing the pin, comprises slides slidably mounted on the table at opposite side portions of the pin, and means to reciprocate said slides toward and away from the pin.

10. In a machine for applying reinforcing rings to clothes-pins as claimed in claim 7, a gauge operative through openings in the table in opposed relation to the fixed die member and normally urged to project above the table in the path of movement of the reciprocatory die member, and means to eject the partially formed ring member from the fixed die member and position the ring relative to said gauge, and means actuated by the reciprocatory die member operative to move said gauge to position below the table out of the path of movement of said die member as it is moved toward the pin.

11. In a machine for applying reinforcing rings to wooden clothes-pins, a table having an opening therein, means to engage and support a pin in said opening with the body projecting above and the crotch of the pin disposed in predetermined position relative to the top of the table, die mechanism including a fixed member spaced above the table at the side of the projecting body of the pin arranged at the end with forming dies extending in different planes parallel of the table, and a member reciprocatory below said fixed die member toward and away from the projecting end of the pin arranged with bending dies complemental to and disposed in the planes of the forming dies of said fixed member, means to feed a wire strand transversely of the upper bending die of the reciprocatory die member, a fixed cutter at the side of the reciprocatory die member, a cutter associated with the reciprocatory die member adapted by the movement of the die to co-operate with said fixed cutter to sever a predetermined length of wire from said strand, and said bending dies by the successive movements of the reciprocatory member toward the pin being operative to move the length of wire relative to the upper die of the fixed member and bend the ends to extend at a right angle to the body of the wire, bend the wire to open ring form with the portions of said bent ends extending at obtuse angles jto a portion intermediate thereof, and then move the open ring member to position with the portion intermediate the obtuse angle portions engaged at the side of the pin, means movable toward and away from opposite side portions of the pin at right angles to the reciprocatory die member operative to bend the obtuse angle portions of the open ring member to final ring form encompassing the pin adjacent the crotch and clamp the ring to the pin, and means operative to eject the pin with the ring clamped theretotfrom the opening in the table.

12. In a machine for applying reinforcing rings to clothes-pins as claimed in claim 11, wherein the means to feed a wire strand comprises a head reciprocatory toward and away from the reciprocatory die member, a slide, a pair of jaws pivotally mounted on the slide, means to guide the wire between said jaws and from the jaws to the reciprocatory die member, a pair of links pivotally connected at one end to the jaws and connected at the opposite ends to said head and connecting the slide to the head, and said links by the movement of the head toward the reciprocatory die member adapted to actuate the jaws into gripping engagement with the wire and impart wire feeding movement to the slide with the jaws, and the links by the return movement of the head actuating the jaws out of wire gripping position and imparting return movement to the slide with the jaws.

toward and away from the table, and means to feed clothes-pins into the side of the slideway onto said slide, and said slide by the movement thereof toward the table adapted to engage said pin in the opening in the table with the body of the pin projecting above the table in position to be engaged by the pinsupporting member.

15. In a machine for applying reinforcing rings to clothes-pins as claimed in claim 14, a member slidable in the slideway of the member mounted below the table adapted to engage the legs of the clothes-pin below the slide in the slideway and operative in timed sequence with thepin releasing movement of the pin supporting member to eject the pin with the reinforcing ring applied thereto from the opening in the table.

16. A machine for applying reinforcing rings to clothes-pins as claimed in claim 14, wherein the means to feed clothes-pins onto the slide in the slideway of the member mounted below the table, comprises a rail adapted to be straddled by the pins, said rail having a declining portion extending through an opening in the table and merging with a horizontal portion extending parallelly of and in predetermined spaced relation below the table and terminating at the side of the slideway, and a recess in the bottom of the table extending parallelly of the horizontal portion of said rail adapted for the slidable engagement of the heads of and guiding the pins.

17. In a machine for applying reinforcing rings to Wooden clothes-pins, means to support a 13. In a machine for applying reinforcing rings the table to have movement toward and away from a pin engaged in the table opening operative to form a predetermined length of wire to ring form encompassing the pin adjacent the crotch support-ed by said pin supporting member, and means to feed the pins to said pin supporting member, comprising a slide supported below the table to have reciprocatory movement toward and away from the table relative to the opening and adapted to receive a clothes-pin thereon and engage said pin in the table opening with the body of the pin projecting above the table in position to be engaged by said supporting member, and means to reciprocate said slide in timed sequence with the operation of said pin supporting member and ring forming means.

14. In a machine for applying reinforcing rings to wooden clothes-pins, a table having an opening therein adapted for the engagement and feeding of a clothes-pin therethrough, a member spaced above the table reciprocatory in a plane transverse of and relative to said opening in the table operative to releasably engage the projecting body of a pin engaged in said opening and support the pin with the crotch of the pin in predetermined position relative to the top of the table, means slidably mounted on the table to have movement toward and away from a pin engaged in the table opening operative to form a predetermined length of wire to ring form about the pin adjacent the crotch supported by said pin support, a member arranged with a slideway in the side and extending longitudinally thereof mounted below the slideway opening at the end to the opening in the table, a slide in the slideway of said member reciprocatory clothes-pin in predetermined position, die mechanism disposed at the side of said pin including a fixed die member and a die member reciprocatory in a plane transversely of the pin toward and away from the fixed die member, means operative alternately with the movement of the reciprocatory die member toward the fixed die member to feed a length of wire transversely of said reciprocatory die member, said reciprocatory die member by the movement thereof toward the fixed die member co-ooperating with the fixed die member to bend the ends of said wire at right angles to the body of the wire, by the successive movement thereof toward the fixed die member bend the end portions of the wire with the ends bent at right angles to extend at obtuse angles to an intermediate portion of the wire and bend the ends of a successive length of wire fed to said reciprocatory die member to extend at right angles to the body of the wire, and by the successive movement of the reciprocatory die member toward the fixed die member position the wire with the portion intermediate the obtuse angle portions engaging the side of the pin, and simultaneously bend the end portions of the wire with the ends bent at right angles to extend at obtuse angles to a portion intermediate said obtuse angle portions and bend the ends of a successive length of wire fed to said reciprocatory die member to extend at right angles to the body of the wire, and said reciprocatory die member in the successive movements thereof simultaneously bending the ends of a length of wire fed thereto at right angles to the body of the wire, bend the end portions of the wire having the ends bent at right angles to extend at obtuse angles to a portion intermediate said obtuse angle portions and position a wire th end portions of which have been bent to extend at obtuse angles with the portion intermediate said obtuse angle portions engaging the side of the pin, and means reciprocatory in a plane transversely to the movement of the reciprocatory 'die member toward and away from opposite side portions of the pin supported by the pin supporting means operative to bend the obtuse angle portions of a wire positioned relative thereto to ring form encompassing the pin.

18. In a machine for applying reinforcing bands to clothes-pins, a support having an opening therein, means to support a clothes-pin in the opening in the support with the body projecting to predetermined position from the opening, means operative to position a reinforcing band preformed to open ring form partially conforming to the cross sectional shape of the body of the pin with the portion midway the ends engaging a side portion of the body of the pin adjacent the crotch and the opposite end portions extending partly about the pin, and means operative while holding the reinforcing band in said position to apply pressure to and bend the end portions of said reinforcing band toward each other about the body of the pin with the ends substantially in abutting relation.

19. In a machine for applying reinforcing bands to clothes-pins, a support having an opening therein, means to support a clothes-pin in the opening in said support with the body projecting to predetermined position from the opening, means operative to preform a metallic strand to open ring form partially conforming to the cross sectional shape of the pin and position the same with the portion midway the ends in engagement with a side portion of the pin adjacent the crotch and the end portions extending partly around the pin and adapted to hold the reinforcing member in said position, and means operative to apply pressure to and bending toward each other the ends of the band held in engagement with the pin to encompassing relation to the pin.

20. A machine for applying reinforcing bands to clothes-pins, a support having an opening therein, means to support a clothes-pin in the opening in said support with the body projecting to predetermined position therefrom, means to feed a metallic strand to extend transversely of a side portion of the clothes-pin, and means operative in successive sequence to sever a predetermined length from the strand, shape said severed portion of the strand to ring form partially conforming to the cross sectional shape of the body of the pin, position said band to partially embrace the body of the pin adjacent the crotch, and then bend the ends of said reinforcing band toward each other in encompassing relation to the body of the pin.

SIGMUND BOWER. 

